The UTC Web Team is excited to team up with ChaDUG (Chattanooga Drupal Users’ Group) to co-host the 2025 Chattanooga Open Source Camp — formerly known as Drupal Camp Chattanooga — on Sat., Nov. 8, 2025. This annual event brings together developers, designers, editors, marketers, and anyone curious about the web to learn, share, and…
Web Hosting Migration update
Still moving and grooving! May 31, we celebrated the big and successful move of our www.utc.edu to our new hosting environment, which was officially launched May 30. (Woohoo!) [Throw confetti here.] Next in line, we’ll be moving our blog.utc.edu as well as some smaller applications to that same new host. This not only brings improved…
Enhancing Media File Management
As of the last deployment on May 9, the Web Dev Team implemented the Media Replace and Media Delete modules in Drupal to offer greater control and flexibility for site administrators. Media Replace allows users to update the underlying file of a media entity—such as swapping out an outdated image or PDF—without breaking existing references…
Did you know about creating UTC-branded QR Codes?
go.utc.edu is UTC’s official short URL and QR code generator, designed to make sharing university-related web content quicker and more user-friendly. Whether you’re promoting events, linking to important resources, or streamlining printed materials, go.utc.edu allows you to create clean, branded short links and QR codes (with the Power C!) that are easy to share and…
Good file management is like good housekeeping…
…no one notices it until it’s missing. As we move to our new host environment, the UTC Web Team is evaluating file storage and making some adjustments and recommendations. Storing large files directly on a website consume valuable server space and can dramatically slow down page load times, leading to a poor user experience and…
Latest News: May 15, 2025
UTC Is On The Move! Big changes are on the horizon! Our new hosting environment for www.utc.edu officially launches May 30, bringing improved performance and reliability. IMPORTANT! Friday, May 30, 2025 through Saturday, May 31, 2025 editors will NOT be able to log in to the website to make any changes as the site will…
Required Silktide Training Due 5/31/2025
As you may have heard, Silktide is our new website quality assurance tool, replacing Acquia Optimize (formerly Monsido). Silktide offers a more comprehensive and user-friendly approach to improving our website’s accessibility, SEO, content quality, and overall performance. (Get a preview here in this short video and/or read our article here.) As part of our ongoing efforts to…